Facial recognition technology ‘inappropriate for policing,’ say privacy rights advocates

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“We don’t want to replicate the autocratic character of regimes where this technology gradually becomes normalised in all areas of public life,” the letter says.

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The remarks “ignore” the fact that 200 civil society organisations across the globe and 13 non-government organisations and seven universities in Ireland have also called for bans, they said.

The Minister has said that technology was involved in a large amount of criminal activity and gardaí need to have the technological resources to deal with this effectively. The group told the Minister they were particularly concerned that Garda members deny “significant and robust scientific evidence demonstrating accuracy and bias concerns.”

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